The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 512: Various outrageous and reasonable data, something big has happened

When the day after La La Land was released arrived.

Whether it is Zhang Chen and other main creative teams, movie fans, or even other practitioners in the film and television industry, they are all waiting for Chenguang Entertainment and Disney to jointly release the box office announcement.

In fact, it was only at this time that many people realized that this movie was a collaboration between Zhang Chen and Disney.

However, when seeing that Morning Light Pictures' name was listed first among the producers, everyone couldn't help but sigh at Zhang Chen's toughness.

That's Disney. If other partners come across it, it would be lucky if they are not completely eaten up.

Zhang Chen is unique in recent years in being able to gain control of a movie from Disney.

Of course, at this time everyone was just sighing for a while.

What they are most concerned about is the box office record on the first day of release.

However, since the premiere was in China, it would take 10 hours for the film to be released in the United States.

So in fact, the current first-day box office is only in Southeast Asia.

Good news from Morningside Pictures and Disney Pictures:
[Good news for the box office of "La La Land". As of 25 a.m. on the 3400th, the movie's box office has successfully exceeded million U.S. dollars. ]

"That's it?"

"The pre-sale box office was so high, but the first day box office was so poor?"

"No, that's it?"

"Failed?"

Netizens immediately rushed to leave comments under this news.

Indeed, with a pre-sale box office of more than 7 million US dollars, the box office performance on the first day was indeed poor.

"Please take a look at this carefully. This is the additional sales result in addition to the pre-sale box office. In other words, what Morning Light and Disney announced is how much new sales were yesterday."

"Huh? So troublesome?"

"So the current box office should be $7.5 million? That's outrageous, right?"

"It's not outrageous. After all, most people who want to watch the movie have already bought tickets on Tao Piao Piao. Now it depends on how many older fans who don't have access to the internet can come to watch La La Land during its release."

"We should also take into account the refunds, right?"

"I've seen it, and basically no one has refunded their tickets, which means you can regard the pre-sale box office of La La Land as the actual box office."

"Didn't you notice that this announcement only included the box office figures for Southeast Asia? The box office figures for the largest region, North America, haven't been released yet."

"Everyone! There's the latest news from North America. La La Land was released in North America today and opened in 4568 theaters, breaking the opening record of Pirates of the Caribbean: Reborn!"

It was then that everyone noticed that the announcement also listed in detail the statistical regions of the first day box office:

Sakura: 19.2 billion yen.

South Korea: 23 moviegoers.

Hong Kong Island: HK$400 million.

Lion Island:.
White elephant:.
China: 5500 million yuan.

It can also be seen from the data that the current main markets in Southeast Asia are still China and Sakura.

These two places contributed more than half of La La Land's box office on the first day.

The two amounts are equivalent to US$1631 million and US$705 million respectively, totaling US$2336 million.

Other regions totaled US$1064 million.

This figure has already broken the first-day box office record of 12 billion yen set by "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in Sakura.

South Korea is at the other extreme.

Due to Zhang Chen’s “bad behavior” towards TVXQ at the Grammy Awards last year, Zhang Chen’s reputation in South Korea is not very good.

Many people also publicly boycotted Zhang Chen's movies online.

You should know that the South Korean movie "The Host" had 44 viewers at the time.

When it comes to the globally popular "La La Land", even if it does not completely suit the tastes of South Koreans, the number of moviegoers should not be so low.

It is the pride of small countries that is at work.

The slogan "Make Leon apologize, otherwise we will not support his movies" was shouted loudly.

The key is that many of their citizens really hold this attitude.

"Boss, do you want to apologize?"

On the top floor of the Chenguang Group, while Xue Yining was sorting out the box office data, he also paid attention to the reports from South Korea.

Zhang Chen looked strange: "What are you apologizing for?"

Xue Yining nodded to indicate that she understood, without explaining.

In fact, she asked this because she wanted to see what her boss thought.

Now it seems that the boss doesn't care about the South Korean market at all.

But it’s no wonder the boss doesn’t take it seriously.

The truth is that the South Korean film market is too small and the "survival" cycle of a film is too short.

The former is easy to understand.

Just look at the way South Korea calculates movie box office statistics, “so many people”.

This statistical method is not because they have a special statistical method.

But when all the movies in the world are counted and the box office revenue from South Korea is taken into account, people feel that the box office revenue from South Korea is too "eye-catching".

It's the kind of glaring that is pitifully rare.

If we convert it, the current average price of movie tickets in South Korea is around 9500 won, which is 55 RMB, equivalent to 7 US dollars.

22 moviegoers, or $154 million.

Too little, so pitifully little!
This is due to the number of moviegoers and ticket prices.

Another aspect is the South Korean market.

If we were to ask which region the film industry hates the most, it would definitely be South Korea.

This place is home to the "piracy" that the film industry hates the most.

According to data released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in January 2004, South Korea's piracy industry caused Hollywood more than $1 million in economic losses in 2002.

The key point is that Hollywood still has no way to deal with South Korea.

Because the piracy industry there has become the world's "leading" production base for pirated resources.

Now that the Internet is becoming more and more developed, the piracy industry is even more rampant.

Many movies are released in South Korea, and related pirated resources can be found on the Internet the next day.

The place where this resource is produced is South Korea.

"Oh, by the way, remember to make sure that South Koreans go through a security check when entering the cinema, and don't allow them to bring any metal into the theater."

Zhang Chen seemed to have just thought of this, and raised his head and ordered: "We still have to guard against piracy over there."

“But a lot of pirated copies are made inside their theaters.”

"Send more people to keep an eye on it." Zhang Chen had a headache.

This was the only thing that caused him trouble during the release of this movie.

But he wasn't really scared.

The main reason is that the main battlefield of piracy is still on the Internet.

He owns Firefox, a browser that is currently installed on over 70% of the world's computers, and is a shareholder of Google, the world's number one search engine.

Zhang Chen can prevent more than 90% of pirated resources from being spread online.

Even with all-round protection, it is impossible to prevent even a little bit of resources from leaking out.

This thing is a black but complete industrial chain.

As long as there is enough benefit, someone will take the risk.

Zhang Chen couldn't prevent pirates from "secretly filming" or "accidentally" throwing away his movie disc. When the 25th came to an end, the box office of "La La Land" in North America was finally released.

1800 million dollars!
This time netizens learned their lesson. When they saw the box office figures, they immediately looked at the statistical method.

When I saw that this number was the box office “excluding pre-sales,” I immediately scrolled down.

This time, North America has collected one more piece of data.

That is, the "pre-sale" box office consumed on that day is also counted.

That is, how many fans bought tickets in advance on the day.

The number is – 5600 million US dollars!
You should know that the first-day box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was the previous North American box office record holder, with a first-day box office of 5500 million US dollars.

The pre-sale box office of "La La Land" on the same day exceeded that of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" if the audience who bought tickets on the spot on the day are also included.

The actual North American box office of "La La Land" on that day was: 7300 million US dollars!
Now Europe is still waiting for its release.

But even in the two big box office regions of Southeast Asia and North America, the total box office of the movie has reached a staggering 1.06 million US dollars!
Now it depends on whether the box office on the second day, Sunday, will exceed the first day's box office.

Zhang Chen is also paying close attention to the online comments:
"It is indeed the movie I expected. Lyon's Palme d'Or is well deserved!"

“This movie is so beautiful!”

“Not only is the movie visually beautiful, but as a fan of Lyon, I feel that the songs ‘Anther Day Of Sun’ and ‘City of Stars’ are the biggest surprises this year!”

"You don't even need to remind me, I have already purchased these two singles on Morning Light Music, they will be a regular on my playlist this year!"

Everyone's attention was completely focused on the movie, and they didn't notice that the movie's interludes had quietly been released on Morning Light Music.

This is also a step in the publicity strategy.

Don't steal the movie's limelight.

But we can't avoid making this money.

So this is slightly less popular than the sales of Zhang Chen’s albums.

But even without deliberate promotion, several songs in the movie have had outstanding performances on Morning Light Music.

"Anther Day Of Sun" received 800 million downloads on the day of its launch.

"City of Stars" directly received 980 million downloads.

These two songs alone have achieved sales of nearly 1800 million, equivalent to US$3600 million.

"Mia and Seb are really like Jack and Rose, it's such a shame."

"If Titanic is a love story that breaks through worldly taboos and is a love that ordinary people cannot experience, then La La Land is a portrayal of the love of ordinary people who have dreams and pursue them. It's so real!"

“When you have love, what do you lose? When you have a career, what do you give up? It’s so true.”

"Looking at Leon's interviews and the analysis of many professional film critics, Leon's filming techniques are also world-class, and all the shots are so well taken."

"I found a lot of familiar faces in the picture of Hollywood stars on the wall at the entrance of the bar. Is this considered a little Easter egg?"

"More than that, didn't you pay attention to the conversation between Seb and his sister?"

"How to say?"

"You should watch carefully the last question Leon answered from the reporter on the premiere day."

"A house in a beautiful country?"

"Yes! The road to riches!"

"Forget it. I've already been to the bank and they said they won't give me a loan."

"How about switching to a big bank?"

"I went to Goldman Sachs, but they wouldn't accept my mortgage application as an unemployed person."

"So this is a lie?"

"I don't think Leon would release such news for no reason."

"Friends, you can go to the CGT player and rewatch "The Pursuit of Happyness". You will thank me when you come back."

"Everyone, this movie has beautiful pictures, a smooth plot, and a true story. Most importantly, it fits the real life of ordinary people. I recommend watching it!"

Whether it is Facebook, Weibo, or other public opinion platforms such as Baidu Tieba, the comments are all positive.

Other film review sites.

The Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating is 92%, which is ridiculously high.

The data from Tao Piaopiao may be more authentic, because only every fan who has bought movie tickets can leave a review.

Its score directly reached 9.6 points.

However, since this is the first movie released since Tao Piaopiao was launched, it has no reference value yet.

However, apart from more than 90% of the five-star or 10-point reviews and a few four-star reviews, there are only very few one-star negative reviews.

This kind of rating clearly shows that the 1-star negative review is completely malicious and belongs to the competitor's water army.

Although the scale of this kind of water army has reached tens of thousands of people, it cannot cause much waves due to the real feedback from millions or nearly ten million real fans.

"The Internet trolls didn't work, so those people should try other tricks, right?"

Zhang Chen looked at those glaring one-star bad reviews with a sneer on his face.

"What a crappy movie! It's just whining!"

"Katie, this old woman, actually acts in this kind of movie."

"Musicals are outdated, and this one is no exception!"

"I'm afraid they hired another director as assistant director for this movie. How could a young man in his early twenties like Leon make a movie like this?"

"If there weren't so many celebrities who were afraid of him, how could he be so popular?"

"Leon is using his own concerts to blackmail his fans, saying that he won't hold concerts if the box office isn't high enough. If we fans have a bit of backbone, we shouldn't support his movies."

"That's right! We support his songs, but that doesn't mean we have to support everything he does unconditionally. We are also rational and we refuse to be morally blackmailed!"

If Zhang Chen did not control the Internet public opinion front, these comments would really cause him a lot of trouble.

But now, the two major platforms, Facebook and Weibo, are on duty 24 hours a day to monitor topics related to "La La Land".

Once a malicious review appears, the account will be directly blocked.

There will be no mercy at all.

Unless those real estate bosses in the United States can bypass the Internet and directly let the world's mainstream media report the negative news about "La La Land".

Unfortunately, the capital behind these mainstream media has now been tied to Zhang Chen's chariot.

They are all waiting for the real estate market to collapse so that they can reap the benefits together with Zhang Chen.

They also saw the conversation between Seb and his sister in the movie.

I also understand why Zhang Chen had to wait until this movie was released before officially closing the network.

This is entirely an attempt to "encourage" the whole world to short the U.S. housing market!

You say they are the capital of the United States and shouldn’t short their own stock market?

What a joke. The ones being reaped are investors from all over the world and ordinary American citizens. What does it have to do with them?
As long as they are "guests" in this feast, they will not have any mercy.

What we need to do now is to push "La La Land" to a higher level and let more people in the world go to see this movie.

They cannot be too direct and say things like "Come and short the U.S. housing market."

After all, the capital of the United States does not only come from their faction.

Such direct remarks can easily give opponents an opportunity to find fault with you.

Therefore, the most correct and safest way is to let everyone go to the movie and "understand" this "opportunity" through the movie.

"No, boss!"

While Zhang Chen was happily looking at the pieces of news that were beneficial to him, Xue Yining was holding up her cell phone and looking at Zhang Chen with horror.

"what happened?"

"Something happened!"

(End of this chapter)